washington - A major initiative to strengthen and cement America's ties with Asia and counterbalance China's expanding influence lacks robust trade incentives that are viewed as politically perilous in the United States, where protectionist sentiment...

Munich [Germany], February 20 (ANI): Reaffirming strong diplomatic relations with ASEAN nations, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday dismissed a recent poll that suggested that trust of the southeast Asian bloc had decreased in I...

HANOI, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered 41,980 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, down 459 cases from Friday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 61 localities nationwide, included 41,968 domestically transmitte...

In the last three years, there has been a sharp increase in the number of North Macedonians who have become Bulgarian citizens. This is according to an official report of the Ministry of Justice, prepared and submitted specifically to the BGNES Agenc...

Some 69 States around the world currently criminalise homosexual relations between consenting adults. This means that in just this one area of human rights violations, two billion people are being discriminated against on a daily basis - a third of t...

HANOI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered an all-time record number of daily COVID-19 infections on Friday, with 42,439 cases, an increase of 6,239 cases from Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 localit...

HONG KONG -- The office of the commissioner of the Chinese foreign ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Friday strongly disapproved of and firmly rejected the 2021 annual report on the implementation of the common foreig...

washington - China continues to be the top global source of counterfeit products, but it is far from the only major concern regarding pirated goods, according to the annual notorious-markets list released Thursday by the office of the U.S. trade repr...

HANOI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered a new record daily number of 36,200 COVID-19 infections on Thursday, an increase of 1,463 from Wednesday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, including 36,190 domestically transmitted...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran discovered its fate at the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Uzbekistan on Thursday. - Sports news - The Iranian team has been drawn in Group A along with host Uzbekistan, Qatar and Turkmenistan.Korea Republic, the defending champio...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 17 (ANI): The ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting (AMM Retreat) kicked off here on Thursday in a hybrid format to discuss issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, inclusive economic recovery and relations with dialogue partn...

SYDNEY -- Authorities of Australia's state of Victoria announced on Thursday that it will ease a number of COVID-19 restrictions as the hospitalization numbers are decreasing. Victoria reported 8,501 new cases of COVID-19 and nine deaths on Thursday....

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting (AMM Retreat) kicked off here on Thursday in a hybrid format to discuss issues, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, inclusive economic recovery, and relations with dialogue partners. Cha...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and Singapore have vowed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era for mutual benefits, both sides said in separate statements released late Wednesday. The commitment was ma...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 17 (ANI): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers will be discussing how to approach the Myanmar military as the group seeks an immediate cessation of violence and a visit by a special envo...

The discovery backs up the theory that Covid-19 may have originated in bats, researchers sayThree new SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses, which "could represent a risk for human health," have been discovered in Laos bats.The scientists, from the Instit...

The US visa program has yet to review thousands of applications from Afghanistan allies, a New York Times report has revealedFewer than 2,000 of the 43,000 applications submitted through the US Citizenship and Immigration Services' humanitarian parol...

After WWII was over, Tokyo decided to prosecute wartime elites, but never really went through with itIn Tokyo or any other big city in Japan, there is always a store selling military uniforms and paraphernalia - both authentic and replica - belonging...

PHNOM PENH -- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son tested positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival in Cambodia on Wednesday afternoon, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said. Son visited Cambodia for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat, wh...

PHNOM PENH -- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son tested positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival in Cambodia on Wednesday afternoon, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said. Son visited Cambodia for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat, wh...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son tested positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival in Cambodia on Wednesday afternoon, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said. Son visited Cambodia for the ASEAN Foreign Mini...

HANOI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered another record of 34,737 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, up 2,923 cases from Tuesday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 localities nationwide, included 34,723 dom...

HANOI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government agreed on Wednesday to reopen borders for international tourism starting from March 15. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has given the nod to a proposal by ministries on the time of reop...

YANGON -- A military fighter jet crashed on Wednesday during a routine training, killing its pilot, a military spokesperson told Xinhua. The fighter jet crashed into a lake east of Ohn Taw village, Sagaing region at about 10:43 a.m. local time (0413 ...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Wednesday that agricultural innovations hold key to sustainable production...

The most widespread assault rifle in the world was created 75 years ago. Has it changed much?World War II unveiled a new era of weapons - assault rifles. These automatic guns were more powerful compared to submachine guns, but lighter and more conven...

VIENTIANE, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government will begin a nationwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 6 to 11 in March in a bid to reopen schools safely, local media reported Wednesday. Local daily Vientiane Times quoted Deputy...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar Football Federation has withdrawn from the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U23 Championship 2022 in Cambodia due to COVID-19 complications, the AFF announced in a press release on Tuesday. As part of health...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian government on Tuesday defended its decision on establishing a national internet gateway, saying the move is intended to strengthen tax collection and deter cybercrime. "The establishment of national inter...

© Provided by Xinhua An estimated 17 million students in Vietnam are expected to return to their classrooms, but how to keep them safe amid the continuous pandemic remains a challenge.HANOI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- For college junior stud

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Asia's brightest young talents will discover their road to Continental glory when the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 official draw ceremony is staged in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday. - Sports news - The tournament, which i...

Efforts by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to bring Myanmar back into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have cemented a split within the trade group between mainland authoritarian governments and democratic maritime powers, analysts said.Th...

HANOI, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported an all-time high of 31,814 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, up 2,401 cases from Monday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 62 localities nationwide, included 31,787 domesticall...

HANOI, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has officially removed all COVID-19 restrictions on the frequency of international flights starting Tuesday, marking the first time its aviation network can fully resume after nearly two years of border closure. In ...

HANOI, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- As many as 30,742 units of automobile were sold in the Vietnamese market in January, up 16 percent on year, the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association said on Tuesday. Specifically, sales of domestically assembled aut...

SEOUL -- South Korea's presidential election campaigning officially kicked off on Tuesday for a 22-day run ahead of the election to be held on March 9. A total of 14 candidates are competing for the South Korean presidency of a single five-year term,...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved 95 million U.S. dollars in loan for the Cambodian government to purchase COVID-19 vaccines from 2022 to 2023, it said in a press statement on Tuesday. "The project will hel...

BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar will not participate in this week's meetings in Cambodia of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, spurning an invitation to send a non-political representative instead of its chief diplomat, its gov...